Your electric car might be more of a race car than you realize. I learned this during my visit to the first Formula E E-Prix of the new season, a global racing series with all-electric cars. The race was in São Paulo, Brazil. The air was thick with heat ...

Electric vehicles are so powerful now that they have more horsepower than Formula 1 racecars. Why do they have so much power? How is this even legal? And where do I sign up? High-powered cars used to either be the exotic with owners who had paid big dollars for big output or the affordable modified ones nurtured by enthusiasts handy with spanners.